The world’s best Bourbon – taking into account the 2025 International Wine and Spirit Competition

The International Wine and Spirits Competition has been going on for a long time. In fact, few of his counterparts can claim the pedigree and inheritance of this annual event, initially founded in 1969 by world -famous oenologist Anton Massel.

For the ITERATION of 2025, the valued panel of judges from more than 90 different countries around the world, with scores – rated out of 100 – a total of 7 main categories in mind. Most of those winners are fully exhibited on our site.

But today we look closer to what the best bottle of Bourbon of the year was considered: Frank August Small Batch. It is hardly a household name. After achieving a higher score than any other American whiskey on the IWSC 2025, that is certainly changing. Here is everything you need to know about the selection of $ 77, Including how you can get it in your hands.

Frank August is a non-distilling producer. This release comes from Kentucky, at least four years old, and bottled on 100 proof. Although “small batch” has no legal significance in the eyes of federal labeling laws, it is assumed that it is assembled from 10-15 barrels per release.

According to the jury members who tasted it at IWSC – a panel with four people, including a revered master distiller, Dr. Bill Lumsden – this is a whiskey with a particularly fruity mix of undertones. Here are the exact tasty notes provided by the competition:

“The seductive aroma presents a wonderful mix of apple pie, custard and intriguing dried apricots. In the palate, a refined medley of buckwheat tith, dried apricots, vanilla and warm herbs, while the finish offers a satisfactory hint of leather.”

After we have tasted the mind, we can say that the dried apricot element is particularly moving. We would also add that the courage in the body mines without overwhelming the palate with some alcoholic heat; An acrobatic act that escapes far fewer offers. The closest comparison that it was called for with our tongue was from a high-good Buffalo trace expressions, such as Blanton’s or Elmer T. Lee. Good company to be counted against it. And unlike those other offers, Frank August is not valuable.

However, it comes from an unknown Kentucky distillery – although some tracks have suggested an origin of the Wilderness trail. Wherever it comes from, the Bourbon eventually comes in an elegant, unobtrusive carafe. It is actually somewhat striking in his unobtrusive presentation. Because the brand was launched in 2022 by Johnathan Crocker, a former fashion -sexec, it is no surprise that this is a bottle that is nicely on the shelf. And yet the label is absent, the Auburn-tinted liquid in it is what is Actually are shown.

Anyway, the jury members narrowed them in the blind. So we know that the packaging had nothing to do with the one compliment it received. The fact that it looks nice is just a happy bonus. And one that will certainly have friends who ask you questions about the bottle when it ends up on your shelf in the near future. Now you will have some answers.